Law professor; author of Free to Move: Foot Voting Migration and Political Freedom; Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter; The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain; Volokh Conspiracy blogger.
Ilya Somin
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"Court-packing would create a slippery slope to the destruction of judicial review...To the extent Callais is a problem, it can be better addressed by steps such as banning gerrymandering. There are also better remedies for various other shortcomings of the Court," writes @ilyasomin.bsky.social.
To the extent Callais is a problem, it can be better addressed by steps such as banning gerrymandering.
This is my second popular media article this week that is likely to annoy the left more than the right. But I'm sure I will get back to annoying the right soon enough!
Today federal court rightly ruled Trump's imposition of $100,000 fee on H-1B work visas is illegal usurpation of Congress' power to tax. It relied, in part, on Supreme Court ruling in tariff case (which I helped litigate) See my analysis here for more: reason.com/volokh/2026/...
My new @lawfaremedia.org article on why the Callais decision doesn't justify court-packing - and why court-packing would cause immense harm, including by empowering power-grabbing presidents like Trump: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-...
My new @lawfaremedia.org article on why the Callais decision doesn't justify court-packing - and why court-packing would cause immense harm, including by empowering power-grabbing presidents like Trump: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-...
As noted in my @washingtonpost.com article, political right has its own snake-oil housing policies (tariffs and mass deportations). See this article for my critique of them: www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/busines...
The @washingtonpost.com just published my article on why NYC Mayor Mamdani's plan to expropriate rental property is unconstitutional and would (along with rent control plans) exacerbate housing crisis. He would do better to curb exclusionary zoning instead: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
The @washingtonpost.com just published my article on why NYC Mayor Mamdani's plan to expropriate rental property is unconstitutional and would (along with rent control plans) exacerbate housing crisis. He would do better to curb exclusionary zoning instead: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
The next @ihr.bsky.social Migration & Mobility Seminar will be a fascinating paper by @conniethomas.bsky.social: Performing Citizenship: Public activism and the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts. 16 June, 5.30, online & in person - sign up here! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Ilya Somin
Ilya Somin
Ilya Somin
Ilya Somin
The best way to alleviate the “deepening crisis” is to stop digging a hole with government control.
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The best way to alleviate the “deepening crisis” is to stop digging a hole with government control.
